Posts on the Topic "computers"
Submit your project for WSIS Prize 2019
12/11/2018
The WSIS Prize 2019 is calling for submissions from interested and qualifying projects. The deadline for the submission is the 30th of November 2018. The submissions can be made in English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French and Russian. To submit your project click here. WSIS Prizes is a unique...04/ 10
2018
Digital for Development (D4D)
Belgium 04/10/2018
The Royal Museum for Central Africa will organise an award ceremony and an innovation fair on Thursday 4 October 2018.
The innovation fair will be a hotspot for networking and exchanging ideas on digital advances in research and startup activities. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet a range of exhibitors in the field of ‘Digital for Development’ and to listen to a number of lectures by (inter)national thematic experts. More information here
The Digital Innovation to Tackle Climate Change project
20/07/2018
The Digital Innovation to Tackle Climate Change Project was initiated in Senegal and Rwanda in December 2017 after the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). This MoU seeks to...
Invitation to the ‘Youth Employment in Africa as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa’
17/07/2018
The e-Agriculture Community is invited to participate to the ‘ Youth Employment in Africa as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa’ online discussion hosted on FSN Forum Africa. Members in Africa and/or who work or are knowledgeable to the issues under debate are welcome to...
Invitation to the Interest Group in Agricultural Data (IGAD) Pre-Meeting P12 in Gaborone, Botswana
12/07/2018
Interested e-Agriculture CoP members are invited to the Botswana Research Data Alliance (RDA) Interest Group on Agricultural Data (IGAD) meeting in Gaborone, Botswana on the 5 -6th of November 2018. The Theme of the meeting is " Data Collection in Africa: State of the Art, Challenges and Solutions"...05/ 07
2018
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2018
FAO Investment Days
Rome, Italy 05/07/2018 – 06/07/2018
FAO Investment Centre is hosting its ninth internal knowledge-sharing event, Investment Days 2018 on the 4th and 5th of July at FAO headquarters in Rome. The two-day event will focus on the following sub-themes: (i) Innovative finance in food and agriculture, and (ii) Digital agriculture. See the programme here
#WSISPrizes 2019 Call for Submissions open
03/07/2018
The WSIS Process has just announced the opening of submissions for the #WSISPrizes2019. All stake holders are invited to submit #WSIS related projects during the period 2 July to 30th of November 2018. WSIS prizes are part of the annual World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum which is a...
Research4Life Stories of Change: What you need to know about AGORA
20/10/2017
This blog is shared as published on AGORA website Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) is one of the four Research4Life programmes that provides free or low cost access to major scientific journals in agriculture and related biological, environmental and social sciences to public...
Open Tenure: An open source software designed by FAO to empower communities
29/03/2017
Open Tenure is an open source software designed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to help communities to better govern their natural resources. It uses handheld tablets, and a community server allows community members to map and collect data on land tenure claims...02/ 07
2017